Cane-car stake-pocket.



No. 695,065. Patented Mar. ll, I9 02;

J. A. LOW.

' CANE GAB STAKE POCKET. (Application filed. m 27, 1901. (No Model.)

Warren stares PATENT Utmost JAMES ALFRED LOIV, OF HONOLULU, HAWAII TERRITORY.

CANE-CAR STAKE POCKET.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,065, dated March 11, 1902. Application filed July 27,1901. Serial No 69,942. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALFRED LOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hon 0- lulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cane-Oar Stake-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cane-car stake-pockets in which the outer or front side of the stake-pocket is a hinge-door held closed by an inverted-L-shaped latchlever, which when turned by lifting the handle part thereof lowers the latch part thereof, so as to remove the same and the pressure thereof from the hinge-door, when the hingedoor then opens by the weight of the stake against it. The special advantage of this stake-pocket, with its hinge-door and latchlever, is that it permits the stake to be removed from the pocket with perfect ease and but little labor. The point or advantage of this stakepocket with its hinge-door and latch-lever over the usual or ordinary solid stake-pocket, from which it is most difficult to remove the stake while the load is on the car pressing against it, is clearly obvious. Thus the great difficulty always experienced in removing or trying to remove a stake from a solid stake-pocket is obviated by the use of the stake-pocket with the hinge-door and latch-lever.

To remove the stake from the pocket, lift the handle part of the lever until the latch part and pressure thereof are removed from the hinge'door, when the weight of the stake, especially if there is a load on the car pressing against it, causes the hinge-door to open,

thus rendering the stake loose, whereupon it can be easily and readily removed with but little effort, saving much time and labor.

I attain these objects by the mechanism or device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a side view of the car with the stake-pocket attached on the side thereof with four bolts in the usual manner, with the hinge-door closed and held in place by the latch-lever, also with the stake in the stake-pocket.

The following letters refer to the various parts of the view.

A A represent the hinge-door of the stakepocket closed; B B, the latch-lever holding the hinge-door closed, the upper, B, indicating the latch part, and the lower, B, indicating the handle part, of the lever.

O D E F are the four bolts by which the stake-pocket is securely fastened to the side of the car, E indicating the long bolt, which in addition to fastening the stake-pocket to the car also extends to the outer or front side of the stake-pocket, on which end of the bolt the lever is attached and turns, being held in place by a collar on the bolt; G, the stakepocket; H, the stake in the pocket.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The three-sided stake-socket G, provided with the hinged gate, in combination with the gravity-latch pivoted thereto.

JAMES ALFRED LOW.

Witnesses:

LARU ORE, J. T. DE BOLT. 

